If I title this blog VISTAGE CHICAGO will more people follow me?

September 29, 2009

I’m a little put off by all the attention social media is gettingI’m tired of the twitter heard ‘round the world that earned Hertz a loyal Avis customerOr was it the other way around?As tired as I was/am hearing Starbucks used as the only example of creating a customer experience.Still, as my friend Matthew has pointed out on many occasions, I enthusiastically embrace the very trends I mock.He’s right, of course. I twitter the trivial details of my coffee-drinking-coaching lifewhile rolling my eyes at others’ versions of the same.As a businessperson, I have to saysocial media seems to be good for the coaching business.While Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, et all, claim to connect people, all this connection seems to be creating more isolation, more talking at, less listening to and more opportunity to compare yourself —not just to your immediate peers—but to your peers from grade school on up.There’s no proof that “more” equals “more better”.More FB friends doesn’t translate to more fulfillment More choices don’t help us decide, it fosters indecision.And, optimizing our searches doesn’t optimizeour life or work.But, it can’t hurt either.

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